Chef de Partie, Client Support Team
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We are rethinking the workplace experience.
We are a global leader in future-of-work solutions, bringing a hospitality-driven experience to the workplace. We serve as a partner, not just a place, for our clients and members, offering concierge-style services, dedicated support teams, and in-house resources, allowing our clients and members to focus on what they do best.
The passion our company has for creating impactful work experiences for our clients extends to all of our employees as well. If you’re interested in helping us provide inspiring and unforgettable moments, consider joining our team.
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Hospitality-driven
Convene is first and foremost a hospitality company that operates within the meeting, event, and shared workplace industries. We create inspiring destinations for clients, members, and landlords to meet, work, and host experiential events.
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Focused on innovation
Our clients’ evolving needs drive our passion for innovation and motivate us to constantly develop new creative solutions. If you’re a creative problem solver who doesn’t settle for “good enough,” you’ll feel at home here.
We offer our employees a 401K with employer match, financial wellness education, life insurance, and transit incentives. We also prioritize professional advancement, offering a robust catalog of online learning opportunities and workshops focused on leadership development, professional growth, and skills-based training.
Employees have access to generous paid time off, including paid holiday breaks and birthday PTO to promote work-life balance and wellness. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave, and a variety of perks and discounts to support your everyday life.
We prioritize a balance of in-person collaboration and flexible remote productivity with our hybrid work policy. This allows our global teams to thrive and have opportunities to work together in our Convene cities, as roles allow.
Diversity & inclusion
At Convene, we are committed to becoming 1% better every day, which includes a strong and ongoing focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). We strive to create an environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to be their true selves. This commitment is reflected in our organizational practices and our approach to work. With the support of our leadership team and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), we collaborate and seek out input in order to foster a diverse and inclusive environment.
Enabling those who want to give back or grow, we offer an annual application-based paid sabbatical program to those who want to invest in their communities.
Please note: All candidates must currently reside in the UK and be able to work in the UK without sponsorship.
Looking for Flexible Hours and a Career That Works Around You?
Join our Client Support Team at Convene and gain valuable experience in hospitality and events - where we don’t just run meetings and events, we create unforgettable moments that leave a lasting impression.
Flexible Gigs: Choose shifts that work for you. Weekdays, evenings, or just a few days a week. You’re in control.
Competitive Pay:Earn a great hourly wage while working with a dynamic, supportive team.
Room to Grow:Over 50% of our supervisors started in entry-level roles. We promote from within and invest in your future.
Work-Life Balance:Enjoy mostly Monday–Friday shifts and yes, you’ll usually have Christmas off to spend with loved ones!
What You’ll Do:
The Chef De Partie will assist the Head Chef in the management, preparation, delivery & presentation of all Food and Beverage with the aim to provide the highest level of client service within budget.
Food Preparation
- To ensure the prompt service of all meals and services at the required times to the companies standards and to the delegates satisfaction
- Under the instruction of the Head Chef, be responsible for the preparation & presentation of the food needed for consumption in the restaurant, and be available at service periods
- To ensure that the methods of preparation and presentation comply with the current recognised catering standards under the guidance of the Head Chef
- To prepare and assist at special functions which may fall outside normal working hours
Operational and Customer Service
- In the Head Chef’s absence ensure that all the waiting staff are familiar with the daily menu including content and explanation, ensuring that a de-brief takes place before each daily service and portion control is monitored
- To ensure any client requests and comments are responded to promptly and reported to the Head Chef
- To assist the Head Chef with serving on hot counters to ensure that the catering standards are met and are running in accordance with the booking schedule and all clients requirements are met and exceeded
- To liaise in advance with the events team in the Head Chef’s absence to determine the forthcoming weeks events, numbers and specific catering and operational requirements to support the smooth running of all events
Management of Staff
- To assist Head Chef in the supervision of any agency and junior staff on site
- To work alongside the front of house team to ensure that there is effective stock rotation system within the department
- To accurately record wastage and under the guidance of the head chef take appropriate steps to keep wastage to a minimum
Health & Safety
- To adhere to all etc venues and statutory regulations pertaining to health, safety and fire at all times
- To ensure a high standard of personal, general cleanliness and hygiene to comply with etc venues and statutory regulations
- To wear the correct standard of dress or uniform at all times
- To adhere to the company and statutory regulations pertaining to safety and hygiene operations of the kitchen and ancillary areas at all times
- To report any defective and hazardous equipment immediately to the Head Chef
- To ensure that stores and other areas of potential loss are secured at all times
- To report any loss immediately to the Venue Manager
- To adhere to all regulations appertaining COSHH and HACCP at all times
Other responsibilities
- To carry out any reasonable management requests including duty management shifts
- To build good working relationship with all other areas of the venue team
- To support the venue team including assisting with client events that may fall outside of normal working hours and weekends
- Attend any company events as requested by the Venue Manager
Who We Are:
Convene is a global hospitality company that manages a growing portfolio of lifestyle brands focused on revolutionizing the way people meet, work, and gather. It creates hospitality-driven experiences and uniquely designed destinations across its various brands with the singular mission of fostering human-to-human connection. The Convene portfolio comprises Convene, etc.venues by Convene, and Convene Signature, offering clients multiple products including event venues, meeting rooms, flexible office spaces, and building amenity centers. With hospitality at its core, each brand and product offers on-site culinary, in-room A/V, production services, and dedicated hospitality staffing resources.As the largest single provider of dedicated meeting and event venues in the U.S. and UK, and with a growing footprint of flexible office space, the Convene portfolio has a network of nearly 40 locations across nine global cities.
- Generous paid time off, including an extra day off for your birthday
- Participation in our pension scheme with contributions from Convene
- Wellness subsidy to support your wellbeing
- Savings on bikes and equipment through Convene’s Cycle to Work programme
- A chance to be part of a dynamic, growing team
- The opportunity to have a significant impact on your team and the business in the work that you do
Convene is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
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- Best Small & Medium Workplaces, Fortune Magazine | 2018, 2020
- Best Workplaces in New York, Fortune Magazine | 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Best Workplaces in the Meetings Industry, Meetings & Conventions Magazine | 2018
- Top Companies - Startups, LinkedIn | 2017
- 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies, Inc. Magazine | 2017-2019, 2024
- Best Places to Work for Midsize Companies in NY, BuiltIn NY | 2022
- Best Places to Work Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, BuiltIn | 2023
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- London, England, United Kingdom
- Salary:
- £60,000 - £80,000
- Job Type:
- PartTime
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